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By the Time You Read This
By the Time You Read This
Author: Lola Jaye
When he discovered that he had only six months to live, thirty-year-old Kevin Bates picked up his pen and wrote The Manual -- advice for his five-year-old daughter, Lois, to live by, laugh at, and follow from twelve until thirty. Seven years later, when Lois is given The Manual, she can barely bring herself to read her father's words, the pain o...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780061733833
ISBN-10: 0061733830
Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Pages: 288
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 43 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed By the Time You Read This on
Helpful Score: 1
Mildly entertaining, but a bad rip off of Randy Pauch's Last Lecture.
reviewed By the Time You Read This on + 81 more book reviews
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This book became a bit redundant and I found that I would skip thru the advice, and just get to what was happening in the character's life. Worth the few hours I invested in it, barely.
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I expected this to be a sad book about a girl who looses her father. I was pleasantly surpised. The story begins when the girl is 12 and her mother is getting remarried. Her aunt gives her a "manuel" written by her father who died when she was 5. Every year on her birthday, she is supposed to read the manual to discover what advice her father has for her. The story follows the girl as she grows up and her father's advice proves to be helpful. The ending is predictable, but overall, I enjoyed the story.
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I completely enjoyed this little gem of a book. It is a quick easy read. I love that the advice is from a father to a daughter after the father's death.


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